I am definitely ready for hockey. It is great that the Bucs are doing good things and will play into October, but to me personally, baseball can be a very boring snoozefest. Bring on the boys of winter and some exciting hockey.

I'm being a downer, but i'm kind of bummed about this year's team. I think besides the main guys (87/71/58/18), they're too old, they're too soft, and there are too many question marks. And they're too similar.

Losing TK and Cooke and not replacing them with anybody is going to hurt. Those 3rd and 4th lines look really, really bad.

I'm really worried that it's going to be the same old story - get my hopes up by dominating the RS, thinking they're better than they really are, then losing in the playoffs again.